Beeting the Crisis

We are all becoming aware of just how serious the "Crisis" is becoming for the first world, and in a way we are getting a taste of the insecurity the third world lives in day in day out.
Only a fool gets nothing out of a bad moment, and this situation we are going through should make us in the first world dedicate a bit more time to thinking about the world as a whole, and stimulating us in to trying to make this world a better and a more just place.

Having more is not synonymous of having a better life, being worth more as a person, being happier or being appreciated. We all have the same right to this world, its fruits and its justice. In our present insecurity we should try to think how to make it more just as we endeavor to think of how to solve our own personal problems.

Container for Cuba

Our container is at present, safe, in the port of La Havana, in the Kollmar 066 terminal.
If all goes well we will soon be sending a team of volunteers over to Cuba to distribute the supplies to the different places we are collaborating with.

4th World Mallorca

So far this year we have distributed over 200kg of supplies to people in the fourth world in Mallorca. Up to now, aside from distributing an average of over 500kg of supplies a year, we coordinated between restaurants and feeding centers for those in need, but the "Greed Crisis/Credit Crunch" will probably oblige us to help more actively with the feeding of those in need. More on this in the near future.

Christmas Fair , Escoleta Petit Club in Mallorca.

Magdalena Prats and Isabel Pericas are two very dynamic ladies who run the Escoleta Petit Club Nursery in Son Caliu, Mallorca. This year they not only became members and sponsors of Mediterranea but decided to hold a Christmas Fair on the 23rd December in order to raise funds for the children in Ethiopia. A letter was sent to all the parents and immediately the mums started baking cakes and delicious goodies in order to sell at the nursery’s Christmas party. Parents were very generous and sent in children’s clothing and bric a brac items. Family members, older brothers and sisters manned the stalls and the atmosphere was electric! The children of the nursery made a beautiful mural which was mounted on the wall using photographs from the Mediterranea website. €212 .57 was raised and all remaining children´s clothes were donated to the organisation.
A BIG THANK YOU to Isabel, Magdalena and all the children at the nursery.

Ethiopia imposes aid agency curbs

Please visit: Ethiopia imposes aid agency curbs

This news has come as a great surprise to the hundreds of NGOs that operate in Ethiopia.

We will have to look in to this and decide what action we will take.
We will keep you informed. Your observations and information will be of great help to us.

Mothers Lodge

The construction of the lodge is coming on and we hope it will be finished by the end of January 2009.